Meal Planning: Week 3 (and a cake)

Meal Planning: Week 3

Last week:

Hmm, didn't mange to stick to things as well as week one. My inlaws took the kids for a sleepover on Thursday night so Mr T and I had a Chinese takeaway (my fave!) that night. Friday I was decorating Minion#1's birthday cake ALL DAY that I didn't have time to pop out for the ingredients for the fajitas so we had some random stuff out the freezer. Saturday was takeaway again, but Indian this time as Minion#1 wanted a donner kebab for his 9th birthday tea.(!!!!!!!!!!!!!). The sloppy joes were a success as always, but I was a bit disappointed with the Cumberland Pie (although Minion#1 and Mr T SCOFFED it). Here's the birthday cake that took me FOREVER, and I must admit I'm pretty damn chuffed with it.

For those who don't know, it's a MINECRAFT cake, which is a computer game my 9 yr old totally LOVES. He totally LOVED the cake, thank goodness. He had a, and I quote: "the bestest birthday EVER!" doing woodland combat/laser quest up at Action Glen near Creiff Hydro and watching the Lego movie. Everything is awesome!

This week:

I am starting the week with leftovers of the Cumberland pie. Due to the Birthday last week I'm unsure how i'm doing with my aim to reduce my monthly food spend down to £200-£250 (from £370 in January) so I'm aiming to eat out of the tins/jar cupboard and also freezer this week so not much cooking from scratch :(. Fingers crossed we are all fed ok, but we do have plenty of left over cake to eat so I'm sure we'll be fine.

Monday:
Cheesey pasta bake with added veg and bacon
Tuesday:
Leftover Cumberland pie from Sunday (Mr T and minion#1)
Leftover pasta bake (Mrs T and minion#2)
Wednesday:
Sausage casserole and potato wedges
Thursday:
Hotdogs and salad (Minions)
Leftover sausage casserole for Mr T (if there is any) and I'll have chilli from freezer.
If no leftover casserole then we'll both have leftover sloppy joes that were frozen last week.
Friday:
Chicken Tikka Masala (fingers crossed minion#2 will eat this!) and pilau rice.
Saturday:
smoked salmon pasta (Mr & Mrs T) unless there is leftover curry......
nuggets, fish fingers, beans, waffles (Minions)
Sunday:
Steak pie and roast potatoes

Linky to Mrs M for other meal plans:

Meal Planning: Week 2

Meal Planning: Week 2

By Mrs T.

 

Last week:

I managed to stick to it all week (yey me!) and even managed to add extra veg to the enchiladas in order to have leftovers for Mr T's and the minions to eat on Saturday. Result.
I genuinely felt like I saved money as I was in the supermarket FAR less often. We'll find out at the end of the month though.

This week:

I'm aiming to use up some stuff from the freezer (baps, land chops and drumsticks). Mr T is away on Monday night so its just me and the minions and whatever we can scrape together from the fridge. Saturday is minion#1's 9th birthday so I'll need to be flexible towards the end of the week. Minions are of school this week too so I hope to get them involved with cooking/baking etc.


Monday:
Minions: Fridge Fried Rice (made using leftover boiled rice, 3 eggs, 2 left over hotdogs and half a yellow pepper)
Mrs T: Gnocchi (using left over half pack of Tesco gnocchi with some leftover Sacla chilli pesto, 2 left over slices of bacon, some peppers, some 'shrooms and probably some more chilli to give it a kick!)

Tuesday:
Sloppy Joes with toasted baps (from freezer), corn on the cob and salad.
(makes 6 portions so will put 2 portions away in freezer for a rainy day)

Wednesday:
Minions: Chicken Drumsticks, potatoes and salad
Mr T:  Lamb Chops, potatoes and peas/sweetcorn
Mrs T: Weightwatchers Quiche (I don't like chicken on the bone or lamb) with salad.

Thursday:
Toad in the hole - hopefully made by minion#1
(Recipe from Good Food Mag September 2011)

Friday:
Chicken Fajitas.

Saturday:
Birthday Tea (takeaway or possibly Beefeater)

Sunday:
Crispy Topped Cumberland Pie
(Recipe from Good Food Mag March 2012)